Mills 36 Mk 7

[browningautorifle]

I just wonder what the DS were doing and where was the safety marshal who should have been in the bay with him.

Matter of fact there was a V40 accident with a regular regiment and both were killed. Safety and firer. The safety lever had been allowed enough slack to allow the striker to move. 4 sec later they both died.

We also had a rifle grenade on an FN go off, blowing the head off the firer. Don't remember how safety made out.

We had an 84 round go off as soon as it left the tube. That hit the firer right in center forehead and a friend of mine held a hand over the wound until the chopper came with medics. The man survived. Many in that one were wounded.

We had an 81 Mortar blow as soon as the bore riding pin left the bomb as it cleared the tube. Two killed and lots wounded. That was in Germany, early '70s. Peter should have heard about that one.

We had a man killed in Afghanistan with a Claymore C19 during training. It had been set up backwards apparently. They should have been in the armored vehicles for splinter proof but they were smoking behind them. One ball ricocheted and hit him in the heart. He hadn't set it up...there were no Snr NCOs or officers injured either. That one made me cross. When I ran the claymore range, I made sure I was the last under cover. Yes Peter they're around.

I could go on. Lots...saw lots of dud grenades, more during extreme cold than other times.